Outspoken consumer rights advocate and human rights activist John Kapito is accusing Malawi Bureau of Standards of being weak and negligent in ensuring that products from Southern Bottlers (SOBO) are meeting the standards before they are sold to the people. Kapito, who is the Executive Director for the Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA, was reacting […]
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has said will prosecute all traders selling substandard goods in their shops as one way of curbing the malpractices. MBS Director, Devlin Chokazinga told the Malawi News Agency (MANA) that the review of MBS Act gives his board the mandate to prosecute any trader who is contravening their standards. […]
Official regulators like the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), Malawi Police Service and the Ministry of Health continue to corruptly allow the entry of substandard products in the country at the expense of consumers’ lives and the national economy, Nyasa Times has learnt. Transparency International rated the Malawi Police Service as the most […]